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What is Qt?  I think it is a GUI library - anyone have more info?  What makes it a good match for Tcl - or at least, of interest (other than academic)?

[TS] - An Intro to Qt 3.0 from Cameron Laird
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/16/Qt.html

[NEM] - Qt is the library used by [KDE] applications isn't it?
[CL] answers:  yes and no.  KDE itself is constructed with Qt;
that's true.  It's possible to launch an application made with
any X toolkit from KDE, though, so what people ''think'' are 
"KDE applications" might only be X applications.

[George Petasis] observes that "Under Qt, the programmer can
control only a few aspects of how the widget looks. The vast majority
of the appearance of the widget is determined by the theme."
Also surprising, from a [Tk] programmer's perspective, is that an
image and a label can''not'' simultaneously decorate a button.

[JH] notes that George is incorrect above.  That is a feature of Tk 8.4,
added in May, 2000.  People need to really keep up with Tk advances, as
it is moving forward just like all the rest.

George has prototyped a [TkQt] at
[ftp://www.iit.demokritos.gr/pub/skel/petasis/tcl/TkQt.tar.gz].
An alternate URL for the same file is
[http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/~petasis/Tcl/TkQt.tar.gz].
Also, [Ktk] worked in a similar direction [[true?]].

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Despite explicit discouragement from [jcw], Bill Saunder
remarkably used [Critcl] to script a successful model Qt
application with a functional button.  That's pure Tcl
(once one assumes Critcl).  Impressive!
http://groups.google.de/groups?th=b2a1ba41312c9ae5
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[CL] collects more Qt references at http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.windows.misc/Qt.html .
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[TS] - It seems that a Qt binding already exists, but it's not yet available...
http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=5e97e053.0305200357.2f4ac182%40posting.google.com

 Dmitry Mironov (dmmiet(AT)hotmail.com):
 
 > ... regarding control of Qt from Tcl - it took
 > three or so weeks for me to make a complete Tcl toolkit,
 > allowing to dynamically build Qt GUI from Tcl console, ...
 > Cross-platform (visit http://www.dmitrymironov.com/projects.htm)
 >
 > I am thinking to make it public domain, because it still has
 > some garbage in it and, as usual, short of time, need to make a living.




More from Mr. Mironov appears at
http://www.dmitrymironov.com/qt_tcl_under_gpl.htm


http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl-qt
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